Susan
Susan Hull Walker is a fiber artist, weaver, collector, and 
textile enthusiast living in Charleston, SC. Her father,
pictured here, is William E. Hull, of Birmingham, AL.
A Still Life…A Life Still
an ALS journal
Susan Hull Walker is a fiber artist, weaver, collector, and
textile enthusiast living in Charleston, SC. Her father,
pictured here, is William E. Hull, of Birmingham, AL.
Stephanie
Susan
Your father is the best friend I have and the smartest man I know. We have been colleagues in theological education, where words seek to represent reality. In Isaiah God is quoted as saying our ways and words are less than His. But we keep trying to tell each other the Truth. Perhaps communication is what is important after all. Communication is the last thing ALS leaves; so Bill Hull continues to pour out good insights. The unbeatable foe can not silence him. Thank God! Duke McCall
Dr. William E. Hull is one of the most intellectually gifted, insightful, and articulate ministers to bless, inform, and inspire generations of Southern Baptist ministers and lay persons of twentieth century America. Through his writings, sermons, and lectures, his brilliant mind, keen intellect, and penetrating insight into human life, Christianity, society, and the church, he has richly blessed and inspired all who know him as master academician, theologian, New Testament scholar, pastor, and educational administrator. He inspired and enabled my ministry and my forty years service as librarian at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, just as he has for thousands of others; and has blessed my life immeasurably with our sixty year friendship. His fine social graces, his personal discipline, his love of his wife, children and family, as well as his many friendships are inspiring testimonies to his character, faith, and personhood, crowned with the magnificent faith, equanimity, and courage with which he is dealing with his sudden and unexpected ALS, all too early in his mature years.
Ronald F. Deering
Our bodies, attacked by age or ailment, finally fail all of us. But faith and friendship endure to the end, and beyond. Bill Hull has been a cherished advisor and example to me across the 45 years since we first met in 1965 at The Beeches. It has been a privilege to learn from him, to share the ideals and values that drive him to excellence in the cause of Christ, and to enjoy almost two decades as his colleague as we served side by side at both Southern Seminary and at Samford University. Perhaps the most eloquent lesson he has taught us all has come in the grace-ful way he has faced the challenge of ALS. His spiritual witness in these difficult days has transcended even his rare gift for words, and has underscored his long and fruitful ministry of teaching and preaching, blessing us all. Pat Pattillo
Susan, your writing is beautiful, so poetic and full of depth. Johanna
Hi Susan, I saw Marcia Whited recently in Portland and inquired about you. I’m very sorry to learn of your father’s illness. I’m so pleased to learn that you continue in the field of fiber arts. We have moved to Colorado to be near our son and his family. The looms are in the basement where I hope to return to weaving…probably tapestries…eventually. With love,
Carol Robison
Susan,
Your father is the reason I went to work at Samford to, in his words, “change the epistemology of writing” at Samford, a major task he supported entirely. I have always admired him and continue to for his strength in this illness.
Dave Roberts
Athens, GA
Susan, How is your father doing? I read and responded to his somewhat recent booklet on his health. As you know I am a childhood friend and want to be there when he dies. I have not been back in Birmingham for almost two years but still have relatives there. Newton Malony, Eugene, Oregon